That said, Ronald Koeman's men will be confident, too. The Dutchman thought Liverpool were there for the taking when the two sides drew 1-1 last weekend - and Southampton will this time have home advantage when they host the Merseyside outfit in the Capital One Cup quarter-finals.

Tim Poole

Tim Poole is a sports journalist for HITC with a love of football, tennis and snooker in particular.His career to date has seen him speak to former Manchester United boss David Moyes, interview snooker world champion Mark Selby and be snubbed by Premier League managers and players in more than one language!He is a massive Roger Federer fan and lives by the motto that 'sport is life.' When he's not writing about it, he's playing it, be it football, tennis, basketball, badminton, table tennis, darts, snooker, golf or even water polo. He is better at some than others...